Katie returned to Mittenwald without Adam. She explained his absence to the girls saying, “He’s with my grandparents. They expressed a longing to take Adam back to Stehekin. He’ll be staying there till the end of the month. They had driven down to be with my Dad, who has prostate cancer. Undergoing radiation and chemotherapy at the hospital. Seems to be faring well. Ready to be discharged when I left.” The roommates accepted her story without question, but his absence created a void. Katie resumed working at Safeway, telling them the same story.
Ken Stapleton and Corinne Hudson kept the Crestwood Heights project under surveillance in an unmarked van, noting that the Hispanics never left the premises. Bob Harmon was the same contractor for the Seattle apartments that had a fine lev
